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During September at Angea our theme is MOVEMENT. Now, a lot of us are well informed about the benefits of exercise and moving our bodies from a Western perspective. From Chinese medicine perspective however, we understand on a deeper level. With Spring upon us, it’s a time of regeneration, renewal and revitalizing. After a long, [...]

Somehow February is drawing to a close and autumn is nearly upon us! 2017 is flying by already. While the seasons slowly begin to change, I am going to share some Chinese medicine wisdom on what the season and energy of autumn represents. In Chinese medicine, autumn is seen as yin with yang time of [...]

The Story Of Angea

Our clinic is named after the fertility goddess of Australian Indigenous mythology, Anjea (pronounced An-gee-ah). Anjea is a keeper of people’s souls in between their incarnations, and recreates new children from mud and places them in the wombs of future mothers when souls are ready to re-enter the world again. The twigs are arranged in the ground so as to form a circle and are tied together at their tops, so that the resulting structure resembles a cone. Similar to the imagery in the logo of Angea, the cone is the representation of the womb or as we commonly refer to it in Chinese Medicine ‘The Conception Vessel’.

To respect Indigenous culture and beliefs, our clinic has changed spelling of ‘Anjea’ to ‘Angea.